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Strendur (Settlement)
Strendur has 923 inhabitants and covers 40 merkur and 2 gyllin. 19 merkur and 14 gyllin are copyhold land distributed between four copyhold tenants, and 20 merk...
Sjóar Municipality
Sjóar Kommuna used to include the entire western branch of Skálafjørður, but since the division in 1952 into Skála and Sjóar Kommuna, the latter municipal...
Selatrað (Settlement)
Selatrað, which is mentioned in Hundabrævið, has 45 inhabitants and covers 30 merkur, of which 22 merkur are copyhold land divided between two copyhold tenan...
Politics and plans on the Faroe Islands
The Faroese political system is based on parliamentary democracy. At general elections, 33 representatives are elected to the Løgting for a four-year period. T...
Religion and religious communities on the Faroe Islands
The census on the 25th of May 2020 showed that 79.1 % of the population were members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. There were large local differences. The...
Churches on the Faroe Islands
Remarkably little medieval church furniture has been preserved in the Faroe Islands. Some distinctive baptismal fonts have been brought to the museum in Tórsha...
Havnar Kirkja (Tórshavn Cathedral)
Havnar Kirkja (Tórshavn Cathedral) was built in 1788 north of the town as a replacement for Christian IV’s Church from 1609, which was located on Tinganes. I...